diff --git a/src/sources/http_server.rs b/src/sources/http_server.rs
index 8b5cfefcf57ae..d1553ae6944d0 100644
--- a/src/sources/http_server.rs
+++ b/src/sources/http_server.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ use http::{StatusCode, Uri};
 use http_serde;
 use tokio_util::codec::Decoder as _;
 use vrl::value::{kind::Collection, Kind};
-use warp::http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue};
+use warp::http::HeaderMap;
 
 use codecs::{
     decoding::{DeserializerConfig, FramingConfig},
     BytesDecoderConfig, BytesDeserializerConfig, JsonDeserializerConfig,
     NewlineDelimitedDecoderConfig,
 };
-use lookup::{lookup_v2::OptionalValuePath, owned_value_path, path};
+use lookup::{lookup_v2::OptionalValuePath, OwnedValuePath, owned_value_path, path};
 use vector_config::configurable_component;
 use vector_core::{
     config::{DataType, LegacyKey, LogNamespace},
@@ -408,16 +408,28 @@ impl HttpSource for SimpleHttpSource {
                     );
 
                     // add each header to each event
+                    let mut received_headers = headers_config.clone();
                     for header_name in &self.headers {
-                        let value = headers_config.get(header_name).map(HeaderValue::as_bytes);
-
-                        self.log_namespace.insert_source_metadata(
-                            SimpleHttpConfig::NAME,
-                            log,
-                            Some(LegacyKey::InsertIfEmpty(path!(header_name))),
-                            path!("headers", header_name),
-                            Value::from(value.map(Bytes::copy_from_slice)),
-                        );
+                        if let Some(header_value) = received_headers.remove(header_name) {
+                            self.log_namespace.insert_source_metadata(
+                                SimpleHttpConfig::NAME,
+                                log,
+                                Some(LegacyKey::InsertIfEmpty(path!(header_name))),
+                                path!("headers", header_name),
+                                Value::from(header_value.as_bytes()),
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if self.log_namespace == LogNamespace::Vector {
+                        for (header_name, value) in received_headers.iter() {
+                            self.log_namespace.insert_source_metadata(
+                                SimpleHttpConfig::NAME,
+                                log,
+                                None::<LegacyKey<&OwnedValuePath>>,
+                                path!("headers", header_name.as_str()),
+                                Value::from(value.as_bytes()),
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
 
                     self.log_namespace.insert_standard_vector_source_metadata(